Adaptive Standing Tennis originates from the acronym TAP, with origins in Chile. It translates into playing from the foot up. Or Adaptive Standing Tennis. Popularized by Enzo Amadei of Chile, Jeff Bourns brought the modality to the United States where he worked with the United States Tennis Association. Adaptive Standing Tennis allows individuals with a physical challenge or disability to play tennis standing. Rather than using a wheelchair
Adaptive Standing Tennis is a modality of tennis for individuals with physical disability who play the sport of tennis standing, or ambulatory as opposed to their counterparts who play wheelchair tennis, playing tennis in a wheelchair. People who play adaptive standing tennis may have an amputation, cerebral palsy, limb difference, or hemiplegia.
Since 2015 organized Adaptive Standing Tennis has been growing and gaining much interest within the United States
